Differences In The Effectiveness Of Warm Compress And Lavender Aroma Therapy In Reduce The Levels Of Menstruation Pain In Adolescent Women

Background: The incidence of dysmenorrhea in Indonesia is 107,673 people (64.25%) consisting of 59,671 people (54.89%) experiencing primary dysmenorrhea and 9,496 people (9.36%) experiencing secondary dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea causes 14% of adolescent patients to often be absent from school and not carry out their daily activities. The incidence of primary type dysmenorrhea in Indonesia is around 54.89% while the rest are patients with secondary type Purpose: To find out the difference in the effectiveness of giving warm compresses and lavender aromatherapy in reducing menstrual pain levels in young women at SMA 02 Bayan. Methods: This research is a quantitative pre-experiment design study aimed at examining cause-and-effect relationships with treatment (Haryati, 2014). The design of this study used a two-group comparison pretest-posttest design, namely an experimental design. The population in this study were all class X adolescent girls who experienced menstrual pain for 3 consecutive months. Sampling in this study was carried out by means of total sampling, that is, all populations were sampled. Results: There is a difference in the effectiveness of giving warm compresses and lavender aromatherapy in reducing the level of menstrual pain in young women at Bayan 02 High School, with an average value of 3.79 for warm compresses and 1.90 for lavender aromatherapy, which means warm compresses are more effective in reducing menstrual pain compared to lavender aromatherapy Conclusion: There is a difference in the effectiveness of giving warm compresses and lavender aromatherapy in reducing menstrual pain levels in young women at SMA 02 Bayan